Though
Vishal-Shekhar
have
composed
the
soundtrack
of
Tees
Maar
Khan,
it
is
producer
Shirish
Kunder
who
has
stuck
his
neck
out,
taken
a
risk
and
composed
an
important
theme
track
of
the
(expected)
masala
entertainer.
Though
a
few
did
raise
an
eyebrow
at
this
decision,
especially
so
since
Anu
Malik
(Main
Hoon
Naa)
and
Vishal-Shekhar
(Om
Shanti
Om)
were
the
sole
composers
of
Farah
Khan's
earlier
films,
Shirish
is
unperturbed.
"I
don't
know
why
some
out
there
are
wondering
the
reason
behind
this
decision.
After
all
composing
music
isn't
something
which
is
new
to
me.
Don't
you
remember
that
I
had
done
the
entire
background
score
of
my
directorial
debut
Jaan-E-Mann?" asks
Shirish,
who
had
in
fact
played
multiple
roles
of
story,
screenplay
and
dialogue
writer
of
the
film
as
well.
What
he
is
not
talking
about
though
is
the
industry
known
fact
about
him
ghost
composing
a
couple
of
songs
from
his
earlier
effort
as
well.
Though
Anu
Malik
was
the
original
composer
for
Jaan-E-Mann,
it
was
being
said
in
the
industry
circles
that
songs
like
'Sau
Dard
Hai'
and
'Humko
Maaloom
Hai',
two
of
the
best
songs
from
the
film,
were
Shirish's
brain
child
as
well.
"Let's
not
talk
about
the
past,
let's
talk
about
the
present," Shirish
refuses
to
be
drawn
into
any
unwanted
controversy
here,
"The
fact
is
that
originally
the
idea
was
to
have
different
composers
for
different
situations
in
Tees
Maar
Khan.
We
wanted
to
do
something
experimental.
However,
Vishal-Shekhar
did
such
a
great
job
in
making
four
very
important
songs
in
the
film.
The
results
were
great
and
we
stuck
on
these
songs."
However,
the
title
theme
track
was
something
that
Shirish
wasn't
willing
to
let
go.
For
someone,
who
had
lived
the
film
for
last
few
years
(he
has
written
Tees
Maar
Khan),
Shirish
knew
that
he
would
be
the
best
person
to
do
the
job
when
it
came
to
getting
that
perfect
theme
track
in
place.
"I
knew
the
film
in
and
out.
I
thought
like
a
writer
and
composer
while
making
this
decision,
not
as
a
producer.
Also,
I
had
to
take
my
director's
buy-in.
When
I
told
Farah
about
this,
she
too
was
game
for
it.
She
had
confidence
in
me
and
pretty
much
liked
what
I
played
to
her.
Also,
Vishal-Shekhar
didn't
have
any
issues
either
with
me
chipping
in;
they
always
knew
that
title
track
was
to
be
done
by
me",
details
Shirish.
Post
the
decision,
challenge
was
to
find
the
right
voice
that
suited
the
Bondisque
theme
that
Tees
Maar
Khan
demanded.
"It
is
much
more
than
just
Bond
actually",
clarifies
Shirish,
"Pick
up
any
fun
flick
like
Bond,
Mission
Impossible,
Pink
Panther
etc.;
you
will
always
find
a
theme
track
that
runs
right
through
the
course
of
the
narrative.
Tees
Maar
Khan
theme
track
is
on
the
same
lines.
To
do
justice
to
that,
we
had
to
get
the
right
singer
on
board.
This
is
where
Sonu
Nigam
came
into
picture."
"He
did
an
amazing
job
by
singing
in
as
many
as
50
different
voices.
He
has
done
something
totally
unconventional
by
singing
in
a
regular
male
voice
to
imitating
a
Chinese
girl
to
bring
on
a
Western
opera
mood
in,"
Shirish
continues
in
awe
of
the
singer,
"He
is
someone
who
has
to
be
challenged
enough
to
get
great
results.
Eventually
we
got
much
more
than
what
we
wanted."
Well
Shirish,
we
would
know
for
sure
once
the
album
is
out.
Story first published: Thursday, September 30, 2010, 12:47 [IST]